| Price shown | Membership "$19.99 /month" (or $149/year); "$129 for a visit" without insurance; with in-network insurance "Most patients with in-network insurance pay $30 or less!" (https://plushcare.com/how-it-works, seen 2026-09-23). No separate doctor's-note price; /pricing returned 404. source | "$29.99 flat pricing" / "The price is a flat $29.99" (https://www.sickslip.co/, seen 2026-09-23); "$29.99" (https://www.sickslip.co/doctors-note-for-work and https://www.sickslip.co/real-doctors-note) source |
| How the visit works | "Meet With a Board-Certified Doctor Online" via "secure video visit" (https://plushcare.com/blog/doctors-note); video appointments by smartphone or computer (how-it-works). source | "Complete a short health intake , your symptoms, the dates affected, and who the note is for. Two minutes from your phone." "No video call: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services counts secure messaging with your provider as telehealth." (https://www.sickslip.co/how-it-works). Terms: a "documentation-focused digital platform designed to facilitate licensed clinician review of absence-related medical documentation". source |
| Promised turnaround | "same-day and next-day appointments are often available" (blog); note is provided during/after the video visit "whenever clinically appropriate". | "same-day delivery" / "delivered the same day" (homepage, how-it-works); "Most notes are reviewed and delivered the same day, often within hours" (doctors-note-for-work); page title "Ready in Minutes". |
| Physician named on the site | Yes: Alisha Goodrum, MD (medical reviewer of the doctor's-note article) source | Yes: Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (Board-Certified Internal Medicine) source |
| NPI shown, and what the federal registry returns | Not shown | Shown: 1326223306 (homepage, how-it-works, about, about/dr-adam-kawalek). Federal registry returns: 1326223306, ADAM KAWALEK, M.D., Hospitalist (primary, CA A98208); Internal Medicine (OR CP209872, MD D92157), Active. NPPES lists only three state licenses (CA, OR, MD); the site's 29-state list is not verifiable from NPPES alone. source |
| States claimed | "across the United States" (blog); "all 50 states" (how-it-works). | 29 states listed by name on the homepage FAQ, how-it-works and the physician page (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI). The federal NPI registry lists three of those licenses (CA, OR, MD); the rest are state medical board records. source |
| Refund policy | "If we're unable to treat or assess you, we'll provide a full refund"; no refund for "Any level of clinical assessment conducted by the physician"; $75 fee for cancellations within 2 hours (https://plushcare.com/refund-policy). Terms: "All fees are in U.S. Dollars and are non-refundable" with membership exceptions (https://plushcare.com/terms). source | Homepage: "if a note can't be issued, you receive a full refund". Terms: refunds when requests are denied before clinician review, on technical failure, or if an employer rejects documentation; no refund if documentation was issued as submitted and accepted, or if fraudulent information was provided (https://www.sickslip.co/terms). source |
| Guarantee claims | Not shown | "No Note, No Charge" / "100% refund if we can't issue your note" (homepage, doctors-note-for-work, real-doctors-note) , no employer-acceptance guarantee text |
| Patient-count claims | "over 1 million patients nationwide" (https://plushcare.com/how-it-works) source | "7,300+ notes issued" (homepage and about page, corrected 2026-09-23 to the production count of 7,334 approved notes) source |
| Trustpilot | 2776 reviews, score 3.4; claimed profile; paid Trustpilot subscription; (read 2026-09-23) source | 66 reviews, score 4.8; claimed profile; The site itself says: "4.8 on Trustpilot" (homepage, about, doctors-note-for-work, real-doctors-note); (read 2026-09-24) source |
| Better Business Bureau | Rating A, accredited, 335 closed in last 3 years complaints source | No BBB profile found |
| Domain registered | 2012-12-07, registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc., registrant hidden | 2024-02-21, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden |
| Company named in the terms | Terms: "PlushCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation", governed by Delaware law, address "157 West 18th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011"; care delivered through physician-owned "Provider PCs" (how-it-works names PlushCare of California, Inc.). Footer: "© 2026 PlushCare. All rights reserved." | "© 2026 SickSlip, Inc" (footer). Terms and privacy: "SickSlip, Inc., a Delaware corporation"; "Clinical review and issuance of documentation are provided exclusively through SickSlip P.A., a Florida professional association." Address "8605 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 227120 West Hollywood, CA 90069" (footer shows "8605 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069"); phone (877) 861-4165. |
| How an employer verifies a note | Not shown | "Scan the QR code" or "call our verification line at (877) 861-4165" (homepage); /verify: "Enter the Document ID from the physician's note to verify its authenticity" plus phone (877) 861-4165 and an AI-assistant connector option; how-it-works: verifier sees document ID, issue date, absence period, return date, certifying physician and NPI, "Patient name and condition are never shown to employers". |
| What the sample note shows | No sample note found. | Sample notes on the landing pages show the physician name, NPI, the state medical license line, dates, a document ID and a verification link. Earlier in 2026 the mock printed placeholder DEA and license strings; removed 2026-09-23. The real PDF prints NPI and the state license number, no DEA number. source |
